Half to james william lacky



(No Model.)

D. K. MILLER.

PLOW.

Patented Oct. 23, 1883.

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DAVID K. MILLER, OF ROOKBRIDGE BATHS, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOJAMES WILLIAM LACKY, OF SAME PLACE.

PATENT Prion,

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part, of Letters Patent No. 287,148, dated October23, 1885.

' Application filed June 27, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID K. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, ofRockbridge Baths, in the county of Rockbridge and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flows; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this-specification,and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hand-plow,and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. 1

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of hand-plowsfor garden usewhich consist of a beam having a guidewheel in its front end, a share ordigger at its rear end, and two rearwardly-projecting handles, by whichthe plow is pushed through the ground; and it consists in the improvedconstruction and combination of parts of such a plow, as hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, in which the pitch of the share may beadjusted.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the plowbeam, whichis preferably S-shaped, and of malleable or wrought iron, and whichforms a shoe, B, at its lower end, to which the share 0 is'fastened. Iprefer to construct the shoe with an eye or enlarge ment, D, which formsa bearing for the plowshare. Through this eye I insert a bolt, E,provided with a nut, F, so that by loosening the nut and removing thebolt the share can be readily removed and another substituted for it,according to the nature of the work which the plow is to do. To theupper end or front part of the beam is bolted a forked piece, G, whichforms bearings in its lower ends for a wheel, H, by which the plow isguided, and which may be of any desired construction.

.I I are the handle-bars, which are bolted to the top of the beam at J,and connected to its lower part or shoe by two converging braces,

K, which are hinged at their lower ends to the rear portion, M, of thebeam, which is hinged to the front portion, moving in a vertical plane,and the upper ends of the braces K slide in sleeves N, provided withset-screws O, and secured upon the upper ends of the handle-bars. Thehandle-bars are connected at their upper ends by a cross-bar, L, and theplow is propelled' by grasping it by the handles and pushing it throughthe soil, in the usual manner for this class of plows, the pitch of theplow being adjusted by loosening the set-screws, adjusting the braces inthe sleeves, and again fastening them, raising or lowering the rear endof the beam, and thereby making the pitch of the share steeper or moreinclined, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States-- The combination of a plow-beamhaving its rear portion hinged, swinging in a vertical plane and forminga shoe, and having a bifurcated piece at its front end, a removable andadjustable share fastened to the said shoe, fixed handles having sleevesat the upper ends pro- I vided with set-screws, a crossbar bracing the 1upper ends of the handles, converging bracerods hinged to the rearhinged portion of the plow-beam and sliding with their upper ends in theaforesaid sleeves, and a guide-wheel journaled in bearings in the endsof the bifurcated piece at the front end of the beam, all constructedand combined as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID KOUTUTH MILLER.

